Getting Rich and Eating Out: Consumption of Food Away from Home in Urban China

Ma, Hua; Huang, Jikun; Fuller, Frank H.; Rozelle, Scott

doi:10.1111/j.1744-7976.2006.00040.x

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“…In addition, other foreign cooking methods, such as the Korean and Japanese style barbecue, are becoming popular in China now. Moreover, the present survey finds that young consumers in urban regions are tending to consume meat items that require less time to prepare, because of the faster rhythm of urban life (Huang and David 1993;Wang et al 2005;Ma et al 2006).…”

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At‐home meat consumption in China: an empirical study*

Liu¹,

Parton²,

Zhou³

et al. 2009

Aus J Agri & Res Econ

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The remarkable economic changes occurring within China since 1978 have resulted in a striking alteration in food consumption patterns, and one marked change is the increasing consumption of meat. Given China's large population, a small percentage change in per capita meat consumption could lead to a dramatic impact on the production and trade of agricultural products. Such changes have major implications for policy makers and food marketers. This paper concentrates on meat consumption patterns in the home in China. A censored linear approximate almost ideal demand system model was employed in the study, and major economic parameters were estimated for different meat items. Data used in this study were collected from two separate consumer surveys -one urban and one rural in 2005.

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confidence: 99%

At‐home meat consumption in China: an empirical study*

Liu¹,

Parton²,

Zhou³

et al. 2009

Aus J Agri & Res Econ

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“…This can be explained by the higher per capita income and the larger supply of restaurants and other eating establishments that facilitate food consumption away from home. It is also common for urban workers to have at least one meal away from home during the workday, due to long and difficult commuting 19 .…”

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“…The share of eating away from home also tends to increase as individual income grows, and the effect of growth in purchasing power is especially important for lower-income individuals 5,18,19 . This information is particularly relevant considering that a major portion of the world's economic growth in the last decade has occurred in developing countries like China, Brazil, and Russia, where eating away from home was still not a fully consolidated habit.…”

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Trends in spending on eating away from home in Brazil, 2002-2003 to 2008-2009

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The study aims to describe trends in food consumption away from home in Brazil from 2002-2003 to 2008-2009 and to analyze the influence of income on this behavior. The authors used data collected by the Household Budget Surveys conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in 2002-2003 and 2008-2009. The information analyzed in this study involves records of food and beverage purchases for consumption away from home. Trends in eating away from home were estimated for the total population and according to demographic and economic strata. The association between the share of food consumed away from home and income was studied using regression models to estimate income elasticity coefficients. The share of eating away from home increased 25% during the period, reaching 28% of total spending on food. Each 10% increase in mean per capita income leads to a 3.5% increase in the share of food consumed away from home. This suggests that income growth will result in future increases in the share of eating away from home.

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“…As incomes increase, households often increase their spending on food away from home (FAFH) in restaurants, cafeterias, food stalls, and other venues (Ma et al 2006;Bai et al 2010). Even if FAFH expenditure is well-recorded in household surveys, these surveys may not collect data on the quantities of foods consumed away from home, as is the case for the Chinese Rural Household Survey.…”

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Matching food with mouths: A statistical explanation to the abnormal decline of per capita food consumption in rural China

Abler

2016

Food Policy

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. This study provides an alternative explanation for the unusual apparent decline in food consumption in rural China after 2000. We find that it is mainly attributable to significant measurement errors in the Chinese Rural Household Survey and the calculation of per capita food consumption. In a household survey, total consumption for a household in a certain period is often well recorded, and per capita consumption is obtained by dividing total consumption by household size. Such a calculation of per capita food consumption is vulnerable to a mismatch between food and mouths. Total consumption may be subject to measurement errors caused primarily by food away from home (FAFH). Also, the household size recorded in the survey is not necessarily the same as the number of mouths (consumption household size), who consume the food recorded in the survey. Our results indicate that food consumption in rural China is currently being underestimated by about 30%. Our results also indicate that income elasticities of food consumption are greater than measured elasticities based on the Rural Household Survey data. Terms of use: Documents in

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Getting Rich and Eating Out: Consumption of Food Away from Home in Urban China

Cited by 130 publications

References 28 publications

At‐home meat consumption in China: an empirical study*

At‐home meat consumption in China: an empirical study*

Trends in spending on eating away from home in Brazil, 2002-2003 to 2008-2009

Matching food with mouths: A statistical explanation to the abnormal decline of per capita food consumption in rural China

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